Adequate stabilization of a patient presenting with a carotid blowout is one of the most challenging issues an on-call ENT surgeon canbe confrontedwith.Reducing the bleeding andsecuring the airway are essential beforemoredefinitivemanagement.We present the case of a 72-year-old patient with head and neck cancer who arrived at the emergency room with a carotid blowout and who was successfully stabilized using a King LT-D ventilation tube.
Desuter, G., Grégoire, A., & et al. (2014). Impending Carotid Blowout Stabilization Using an LT-D Tube. Case Reports in Otolaryngology, 2014(1), 3. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/531561 (Original work published 2014)